Paper talk: NHS overspending on antidepressant when alternative available; Pill for type 2 diabetes could soon be developed
Media watch The NHS is spending more than £25 million a year on Cipralex when other dugs cost a fraction of the price; The pill could help to treat the disease or even prevent it
The NHS is spending £25m on supplies of the antidepressant Cipralex, when they could be saving a considerable amount of money using almost identical medication, the Independent reports.
The Daily Mail reports that a pill to treat or even prevent type 2 diabetes could soon be developed by US scientists.
The Independent reports that Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has lost a memory stick containing confidential details of 800 of patients. The BBC also covers this story.
This follows Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust accidentally destroying 10,000 patient records when they were stored incorrectly, the Independent reports.
The Daily Mail reports that using contraceptive injections could double a woman's risk of contracting HIV.
The Telegraph reports that patients are now paying their GP to carry out treatments no longer available on the NHS.
The BBC reports that 40 million smokers could die from TB by 2050, according to research.
